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package org.wso2.balana;

import org.wso2.balana.ctx.EvaluationCtx;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 *
 */
public interface ObligationResult {

	/**
	 * Encodes this <code>ObligationResult</code> into its XML representation
	 * and writes this encoding to the given <code>OutputStream</code> with no
	 * indentation.
	 * 
	 * @param output
	 *            a stream into which the XML-encoded data is written
	 */
	public void encode(OutputStream output);

	/**
	 * Encodes this <code>ObligationResult</code> into its XML representation
	 * and writes this encoding to the given <code>OutputStream</code> with
	 * indentation.
	 * 
	 * @param output
	 *            a stream into which the XML-encoded data is written
	 * @param indenter
	 *            an object that creates indentation strings
	 */
	public void encode(OutputStream output, Indenter indenter);

}
